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1. Divulge information or secrets.
5. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
7. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
11. The bags of letters and packages that are transported by the postal service.
12. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
13. A United Nations agency created to assist developing nations by loans guaranteed by member governments.
14. An organization of independent states to promote international peace and security.
15. A dry scab formed on the skin following a burn or cauterization of the skin.
18. A state in midwestern United States.
19. A state in north central United States.
20. The cry made by sheep.
21. Dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight.
24. Offering little or no hope.
27. The compass point that is one point north of due west.
28. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
30. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
35. A metallic element of the rare earth group.
37. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
38. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
39. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
41. (computer science) A data transmission rate (bits/second) for modems.
44. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
45. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
46. God of love and erotic desire.
47. Estrangement from god.
48. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
49. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
50. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
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1. A bachelor's degree in music.
2. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on land.
3. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
4. (pathology) An elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid.
5. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
6. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
7. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
8. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
9. Soft creamy white cheese.
10. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
16. A branch of the Tai languages.
17. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
22. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
23. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
25. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
26. In bed.
29. A deep bow.
31. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
32. Strong lightweight wood of the balsa tree used especially for floats.
33. A major European river carrying more traffic than any other river in the world.
34. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
36. A small cake leavened with yeast.
40. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
42. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
43. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
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